Registration number: 09160483

Sicklesmere Stores Ltd

Contents

Company Information	1
Balance Sheet	2 to 3
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements	4 to 10

Sicklesmere Stores Ltd

Company Information

Directors

Mr D Reffell Mrs C Reffell

Registered office

C/o Hodson Lewis Limited First Floor Abbotsgate House Hollow Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7FA

Accountants

Hodson Lewis Limited Certified Accountants and Business AdvisersFirst Floor Abbotsgate House Hollow Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7FA

Sicklesmere Stores Ltd

(Registration number: 09160483)
Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025

	Note	2025 £	2024 £
Fixed assets
Intangible assets	4	400	1,350
Tangible assets	5	21,324	22,735
		21,724	24,085
Current assets
Stocks	6	19,395	15,720
Debtors	7	26,704	32,484
Cash at bank and in hand		2,185	9,228
		48,284	57,432
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year	8	(20,506)	(23,828)
Net current assets		27,778	33,604
Total assets less current liabilities		49,502	57,689
Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year	8	(17,176)	(21,065)
Net assets		32,326	36,624
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital	9	100	100
Retained earnings		32,226	36,524
Shareholders' funds		32,326	36,624

For the financial year ending 31 August 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

•	The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and
•	The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Sicklesmere Stores Ltd

(Registration number: 09160483)
Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025

Approved and authorised by the Board on 16 April 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 

......................................... Mr D Reffell Director

Sicklesmere Stores Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025

1	General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
C/o Hodson Lewis Limited
First Floor Abbotsgate House
Hollow Road
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP32 7FA

2	Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

Government grants

Government grants in relation to the BIP are included on an accruals model. These grants are presented within other operating income.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

Sicklesmere Stores Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class	Depreciation method and rate
Office equipment	25% reducing balance basis
Plant and machinery	20% reducing balance basis
Fixtures and fittings	10% reducing balance basis

Goodwill

Goodwill arising on the acquisition of an entity represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over the company’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the entity recognised at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is held in the currency of the acquired entity and revalued to the closing rate at each reporting period date. Goodwill is amortised over its useful life, which shall not exceed ten years if a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made.

Amortisation

Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:

Asset class	Amortisation method and rate
Goodwill	10%/20% straight line basis

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

Sicklesmere Stores Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.

The cost of finished goods and work in progress comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

Sicklesmere Stores Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025

3	Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 2 (2024 - 2).

Sicklesmere Stores Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025

4	Intangible assets

	Goodwill  £	Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 September 2024	16,250	16,250
At 31 August 2025	16,250	16,250
Amortisation
At 1 September 2024	14,900	14,900
Amortisation charge	950	950
At 31 August 2025	15,850	15,850
Carrying amount
At 31 August 2025	400	400
At 31 August 2024	1,350	1,350

5	Tangible assets

	Land and buildings £	Furniture, fittings and equipment  £	Other tangible assets £	Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 September 2024	17,091	5,636	9,962	32,689
At 31 August 2025	17,091	5,636	9,962	32,689
Depreciation
At 1 September 2024	-	3,736	6,218	9,954
Charge for the year	-	475	936	1,411
At 31 August 2025	-	4,211	7,154	11,365
Carrying amount
At 31 August 2025	17,091	1,425	2,808	21,324
At 31 August 2024	17,091	1,900	3,744	22,735

Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £17,091 (2024 - £17,091) in respect of freehold land and buildings.
 

Sicklesmere Stores Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025

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Stocks

	2025 £	2024 £
Other inventories	19,395	15,720

7

Debtors

Current	2025 £	2024 £
Trade debtors	23,723	28,778
Other debtors	2,981	3,706
	26,704	32,484

Sicklesmere Stores Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025

8

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	Note	2025 £	2024 £
Due within one year
Loans and borrowings	10	3,889	3,889
Trade creditors		10,175	7,629
Taxation and social security		4,276	10,256
Accruals and deferred income		2,195	1,826
Other creditors		(29)	228
		20,506	23,828

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

	Note	2025 £	2024 £
Due after one year
Loans and borrowings	10	17,176	21,065

9	Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

	2025		2024
	No.	£	No.	£
Ordinary of £1 each	100	100	100	100

10	Loans and borrowings

Non-current loans and borrowings

	2025 £	2024 £
Bank borrowings	17,176	21,065

Current loans and borrowings

	2025 £	2024 £
Bank borrowings	3,889	3,889